Abstract #301554

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301554
Activity Number: 252
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301554
Title: Assessing Employment Outcome from the SPD 2nd Longitudinal File: What Types of Jobs do Welfare Leavers Get?
Author(s): John J. Hisnanick*+ and Katherine G. Walker
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 2118 Edgewater Pkwy., Silver Spring, MD, 20903-1242,
Keywords: Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) ; public assistance ; employment outcomes
Abstract:

A primary goal of PRWORA 1996 was reducing welfare dependency through job preparation and employment. Rather than focusing solely on documenting program eligibility, caseworkers must now develop a program that will assist welfare recipients in preparing for employment and finding a job. Prior work with the SPD:1st longitudinal file found that for approximately 1.1 million individuals that moved from welfare to work between 1993 and 1997, over one-third were employed in low-wage, service sector jobs. Using the SPD:2nd longitudinal file, supplemented with data for occupational measures from the dictionary of occupational titles, a better picture emerges on both the scope and nature of jobs that former welfare recipients get. In addition to descriptive statistics for SPD:2nd longitudinal file cohort, the model results identifying transitory and permanent characteristics associated with employment outcomes are discussed.

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